Quality of mixing in a downflow bubble column based on information entropy theory

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1798-1805

  Manish, Prakash ^a   Majumder, Subrata Kumar ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI   (India)

Author keywords

Bubble column; Downflow; Efficiency; Information entropy; Mass transfer; Mixing

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE FORMATION; ENTROPY; FLUID DYNAMICS; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; MASS TRANSFER; MIXING; MULTIPHASE FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

DOWNFLOW; DOWNFLOW BUBBLE COLUMNS; EMPIRICAL MODELS; INFORMATION ENTROPY; MASS TRANSFER EFFICIENCIES; MASS TRANSFER PHENOMENON; MIXEDNESS; MULTI-PHASE REACTORS; TWO - PHASE FLOWS;

BUBBLE COLUMNS;

EID: 62249180808     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2009.01.008     Document Type: Article

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